Team England
WORLD CUP 2019 TEAM ANALYSIS AND PREVIEW
Team England
| The lowdown |
| Title odds | 3.45 |
| To reach semi-final | 1.14 |
| To reach final | 1.83 |
Captain Eoin Morgan & Coach Trevor Bayliss
Titles 0 -2015 Group stage
| Last two years win % 74 |
| Win bat first % 63 |
| Win bat second % 85 |
| Batting average rank 2nd |
| Batting strike rate rank 1st |
| Bowling economy rank 5th |
| Bowling strike rate rank 4th |
| Top runscorer 1,631 Joe Root |
| Top wicket-taker 68 Adil Rashid |
| Game changer Jofra Archer |
The pressure on England to win a major ODI trophy is well and truly on. The side has been playing an aggressive brand of cricket ever since its humiliating exit from the ICC World Cup 2015 with the defeat against Bangladesh being its lowest point.
England has a lot to prove with the ball. You can’t win a World Cup without being good at every skill set. And when you look at title winners of the past, none had such concerns over the most important facet of the 50-over game.
Positives/Negatives
 |
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| The best batting unit | Hosts have a poor record in World Cups |
| Root’s run making in all conditions | Unconvincing bowling unit |
| Adil Rashid’s metronomic Rashid’s wicket-taking | Prone to self-destruct on trickier wickets |
| Jofra Archer’s pace | Prone to self-destruct on trickier wickets |
Squad Breakdown
 Jason Roy |
Openers |
Jonny Bairstow |
| Middle-order |
Joe Root |
Eoin Morgan |
Jos Buttler |
Moeen Ali |
Liam Dawson |
| All-rounders |
|
Moeen Ali |
Chris Woakes |
All-rounders Stokes
Buttler |
Wicketkeepers |
Jonny Bairstow |
Adil Rashid |
 |
Moeen Ali |
| Pace bowlers |
Liam Plunkett |
Mark Wood |
Jofra Archer |
| Probable XI Roy, Bairstow, Root, Morgan, Stokes, Buttler, Ali, Rashid, Plunkett, Willey, Archer |
World Cup 2019 Prediction: Winners
BY – Dinesh Dinnu
